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A Doctor’s War
Langbeschreibung
An RAF medical officer, Aidan served in France, survived Dunkirk, and was plunged into adventures in the Far East. In 1944, en route to the Japanese whaling boat picked him up and he was re-interned on the mainland. In Nagasaki his life was literally saved by the dropping of the atomic bomb and he was an eyewitness to the horror and devastation.
AIDAN MACCARTHY qualified as a doctor at Cork University in 1938. He joined the RAF in 1939, and in 1941 was awarded the George medal for rescuing a pilot from a blazing plane. After the war he was awarded the OBE for his prisoner-of-war work. He continued to serve in the medical branch of the RAF and in 1969 was appointed to command the RAF central medical establishment in London. He retired in 1972. Married in 1948 he had two daughters, one of whom now runs MacCarthy's Bar in Castletownbere. He lived until 1995.
ISBN-13:
9781903464700
Veröffentl:
2005
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.08.2005
Seiten:
159
Autor:
Aidan Maccarthy
Gewicht:
209 g
Format:
216x142x13 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
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